It’s a crisp spring night, and the 25 televisions at Hooters are showing baseball, hockey and basketball. For decades, the chain has provided a haven for men who like to congregate over cold beer, hot chicken wings and hotter waitresses. On a night like this, the Hooters in ...

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.Brian ReaAll Those NotesMy daughter, age 44, has died. One thing I’ve learned from this hideous experience is that all those sympathy notes I’ve written over these many years did matter, because the ones I’ve received ...

It was the one thing on which every major player could agree.When it comes to Musk vs. Altman, the verdict is in.In the Oakland, Calif., trial in which Elon Musk accused Sam Altman and OpenAI of “stealing” the nonprofit in order to enrich themselves, and they accused him ...

‘I was so scared that I was going to be incapable of taking care of this human life that was about to come into the world.’Lauren Bans was seven months pregnant when she realized she needed a divorce. Suddenly, she found herself heartbroken, terrified, and completely unable to ...

It was just a simple toy: Tickle Me Elmo, a plush doll that giggled when it was squeezed.What it sparked, though, was far less innocent, a frenzy that spilled into chaos as people clawed and shoved one another in a desperate attempt to get their hands on the ...

The pocket watches, a collaboration with the luxury timepiece maker Audemars Piguet, drew crowds to stores and malls around the world.The Swiss watchmaker Swatch closed dozens of its stores on Saturday as vast crowds lined up to attempt to snag Royal Pop pocket watches from its collaboration with ...

Late at night, after his wife and his two teenage daughters go to bed, Kurt Vile heads down to the recording studio he built in the basement of his house in Philadelphia. He calls it OKV Central — “OKV” stands for Overnite Kurt Vile — and he rolls ...

For some watch fans, the Royal Pop was a royal letdown.In the end, it wasn’t so much a wristwatch as it was … a key chain?Earlier this week, watch fans turned feral over the announcement that Audemars Piguet was collaborating with Swatch, the mass-market retailer whose timepieces are ...

Traditional Soaps May Be Waning, but Our Stories Are Sudsier Than EverEven though only four original soap operas remain on the air, our appetite for high drama has never been more insatiable.“Every show that is hugely popular is a soap opera,” said Rebecca Budig, who stars in “The ...

A trailer heralds the latest spinoff from the Trump administration.Since it was unveiled last weekend, the trailer for “The Great American Road Trip,” the five-part reality TV show starring the transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, his wife and their nine kids, has driven an unexpected amount of attention his ...

A couple of weeks ago, a gaggle of freshmen at McCallum High School in Austin, Texas, pulled out a pouch the size of a clementine and began batting it back and forth between their feet.“It took a minute for me to realize, Wait, this is hacky sack,” said ...

A reader struggles with how to reconcile his newfound sobriety with his desire to be a gracious host when inviting friends into his home.I have been sober for one year after many decades of heavy drinking. By now, I am somewhat comfortable being around others when they drink ...

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Eagle-eyed viewers spotted a swoosh in Vatican City.For a few hours Pope Leo XIV had sneakerheads stumped.Near the end of last week, the Vatican released a trailer for “Leone a Roma,” a breezy-looking documentary on the American-born pope’s years in Rome. It’s not something that would normally grab ...

When Joy Kwon, a third-year medical student on TV, set a boundary, she stirred a work-life balance debate among medical professionals and fans.Twelve episodes into the second season of “The Pitt,” there’s a short scene — scratch that, a mere minute-long exchange — that has unexpectedly emerged as ...